Category: BME News

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 9th Annual Pruitt Research Day! This successful virtual event included student talks, keynote speaker and poster presentations in celebration of the wonderful research being conducted in the department and the BME community. We hold our celebration near the birth date of Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt Sr. whose […]

Original Article: UF Informatics Institute In order to better understand the center of human intelligence, Ruogu Fang uses artificial intelligence. Fang, an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, has used machine learning to understand, capitalize and model different aspects of brain dynamics for the last ten years. She works extensively on neuroimaging and keeps […]

Congratulations to Dr. Jon Dobson (PI) on being awarded a University of Florida Industry Partnership (UFLIPS) agreement between UF researchers and 42Bio. 42Bio’s system, developed at UF, with funding from the NIH, is based on a novel design concept that employs high-gradient magnet arrays and planar-flow separation chambers. Magnetic cell and biomolecule separation is used […]

Congratulations to Cherie Stabler, Ph.D., professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, for receiving a $1.7 million RO1 grant from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for her project, “Engineering Immunomodulatory Nanoscale Coatings for Protecting Islet Transplants.” Type 1 diabetes is initiated by the loss of […]

Jennifer A. Nichols, Ph.D., assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trailblazer R21 Award for a project designed to use machine learning methods to understand the biomechanical mechanisms underlying force production in the hand. The award recognizes early stage or early […]

Congratulations to Erika Pliner, Ph.D., who was awarded a NIH T32 Translational Research Training on Aging and Mobility (TRAM) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Pliner studies aging and mobility in the HNL by quantifying the efficacy of balance training paradigms from neuromechanical and biomechanical responses under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Ferris. Pliner’s research will investigate the neuromechanical components (i.e., […]

Matthew Becker, Ph.D. candidate in the Phelps Lab, received a 3-year $300K National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled, Engineered Tolerogenic Exosomes for Treating Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity. The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. Becker’s mentor on the […]

Congratulations to BME alumna Yao Xiao, Ph.D., on being selected to receive a 2020 BMES Career Development Award. The prestigious award aims to “support travel to the BMES Annual Meeting for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Early Career Professionals from underrepresented populations in biomedical engineering and/or involved in research and training focused on health disparities […]

A team of UF biomedical engineering students will be competing for the 2020 BMES Student Design competition. The group includes Zachary Boogaart, Christian Garcia, Stephen Michel, Sana Nimer, and Brandon Reid, as one of ten finalists for the virtual event. Sponsored by Medtronic, the competition’s topic is Medical Devices. Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein and Dr. Yury […]

UF BME faculty member Sarah Rowlinson, Ph.D., lecturer (teaching-track professor), will receive the TERMIS-AM 2020 Educational Award during the TERMIS-AM conference. The Educational Award is presented based on the educational accomplishments of an individual who serves as an advisor/supervisor of students within the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Rowlinson focuses on course content […]